---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 218.6"
title: "20"
number: "218.6"
heading: "How to choose an annuity beginning date."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/218.6"
---

# §218.6. How to choose an annuity beginning date.

- (a) **When application is filed.** The applicant may choose an annuity beginning date by—
  - (1) Naming the month, day and year in an application accepted by the Board; or
  - (2) Including with the application a signed statement which tells the date (month, day and year) when the annuity should begin.
- (b) **After application is filed.** After an application is filed, the claimant may choose an annuity beginning date by submitting a signed statement which tells the month, day and year when the annuity should begin.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 30725, July 24, 1989, unless otherwise noted.